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moobycow OP t1_j509pxs wrote

Reply to Holland Tunnel Traffic Study Review by moobycow

I will say that announcing the meeting but not releasing the actual study beforehand is a bit annoying.

If you want informed feedback, give the people a bit of time to review the findings in advance of the meeting. I get enough of this crap at work (hey we want to discuss X important thing, but we're not going to give you any information on exactly what we're thinking before you show up, we'd rather you give 30 seconds of thought to the topic than 2 days, thanks).

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mmmmyah t1_j508syp wrote

Reply to comment by North_Emu8686 in How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

Re: city commute I use the bus when I’m tired of walking maybe once every couple of weeks, often when returning home .. VIA needs more vehicles the wait time is often 15 minutes or more. The only frustration with the walk to jsq is when it snows and people / the city don’t do a good job cleaning the sidewalk and the huge water puddles at street corners … there’s of course the bikers who don’t obey red lights and traffic signs that can run you over

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possums101 t1_j506yb8 wrote

Reply to comment by North_Emu8686 in How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

I don’t use it to commute because I mostly work from home. I do use it to get to and from the city for social outings more then once a week, to go to the gym and sometimes to get around the neighborhood if the weather is bad. I take the bus all times of day depending on what I’m doing. Like the other comment said I’m not so sure anyone in the Heights has to walk 15 minutes to the bus. Besides the 119 there’s a bunch of other routes and stops all over.

The biggest issue I would say is the frequency of buses. During non peak hours the 119 is hourly which can be difficult. Yesterday actually, I was trying to catch the bus to the city around 1 and they just weren’t coming. The NJ Transit app would say a bus is coming at a certain time and then as it got closer to that time the bus vanished from the schedule. It happened twice so I just took a different route to journal square path.

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burrito__supreme t1_j506mwo wrote

Reply to comment by North_Emu8686 in How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

i mean, in a perfect world? yeah, we’d have a rail system throughout jc comparable to the subway. but i’m biased as i’m from new york and lived in queens for ten years before moving to jersey city and have always felt the public transit here falls very short compared to nyc. understand there are a lot of factors that go into it but i’m speaking from a place of pure idealism, even fantasy.

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mmmmyah t1_j505j7w wrote

Reply to How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

I’m not sure why you are interested in the neighborhoods you named because they aren’t really transit deserts .. places like Greenville more fit the description .. I live in MSQ and my walk to the JSQ path is about 15 minutes so I usually just walk when going to the city .. if commuting within JC I use VIA or the bus .. late nights all of jersey is a transit desert so we need buses and via to run 24x7

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whatever4545 t1_j505d2x wrote

Reply to comment by North_Emu8686 in How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

In the heights, the 119 goes down central ave and stops at basically every street, and on the east side ppl can be quite close to the light rail in hoboken, maybe if someone is deep into the west side, yes its a little far but for the vast majority in the heights, its not a 15 min walk, for me personally, its a 2 min walk at most

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Adventurous_Ladder88 t1_j502v2e wrote

Reply to Indoor basketball by Joeybagofballz

Indoor courts in downtown JC area are hard to come by. Dixon mills is probably your best shot if you’re looking for the free option, but the catch is you’d have to know someone who lives there to be able to get into the building (DM is a private residence).

The other alternative is to join zog and pay their league fees.

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_j4zyt57 wrote

Reply to How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

I live in a transit desert as you described. I use my car for most things. I am happy doing so, no real frustrations. I don’t commute into NYC. Traffic is usually not terrible outside of the inbound turnpike between 8:30-920. Traffic gets hairy downtown but if I am going there I will usually bus, via, or park at the Jersey avenue light rail if it’s after 3

If I need to go into NY I will usually drive, sometimes I will park at the light rail and use the path, but that usually takes an extra 40 minutes so I only do that if I am sure that traffic/parking will be a nightmare.

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burrito__supreme t1_j4zx10c wrote

Reply to comment by North_Emu8686 in How do you feel about access to public transit options in your neighborhood? by North_Emu8686

within jersey city usually depends - honestly i uber/lyft to save time. sometimes will take the bus if i know i have the time to do it but i hate having to build an unknown amount of commute time into whatever i’m doing. i’m usually going downtown for an appointment so i can’t be late and prefer uber/lyft for that reason (as opposed to bus which is unpredictable, as half the buses i can get are a&c and therefore not on the njt app bus tracker. i also find the tracker unreliable). otherwise i will drive myself in my own car, usually when running errands on weekends.

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